Nonstop flight route between Iași, Romania and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Iași International Airport (IAS), Iași, Romania and Melbourne Airport (MEL), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,257 miles (or 14,898 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Iași International Airport and Melbourne Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Iași International Airport and Melbourne Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Iași International Airport (IAS):

• Iași International Airport (IAS) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Iași International Airport (IAS) is Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport (BZY), which is located 46 miles (75 kilometers) N of IAS.
• Iași International Airport handled 231,933 passengers last year.
• In June 2012, a new passenger terminal, with a processing capacity of 130 passengers per hour, was added.
• Various taxis have access to and from the airport.
• The furthest airport from Iași International Airport (IAS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,253 miles (18,109 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Iași International Airport's relatively low elevation of 397 feet, planes can take off or land at Iași International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• In addition to being known as "Iași International Airport", another name for IAS is "Aeroportul Internațional Iași".

Facts about Melbourne Airport (MEL):

• The furthest airport from Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Melbourne Airport (meaning Melbourne Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,187 miles (19,613 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Melbourne Airport (MEL) is Essendon Airport (MEB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MEL.
• Because of Melbourne Airport's relatively low elevation of 434 feet, planes can take off or land at Melbourne Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The international terminal contains works by noted Australian Indigenous artists including Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri and Gloria Petyarre.
• Since privatisation, further improvements to infrastructure have begun at the airport, including expansion of runways, car parks and terminals.
• Melbourne Airport handled 2,998,000 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Melbourne Airport", another name for MEL is "Tullamarine Airport".
• Before the opening of Melbourne Airport, Melbourne's main airport was Essendon Airport which was officially designated an international airport in 1950.
• Melbourne Airport (MEL) has 2 runways.
• In 1988, the Australian Government formed the Federal Airports Corporation, placing Melbourne Airport under the operational control of the new corporation along with 21 other airports around the nation.
• Expansion of carparks has also continued with a $40 million project commenced in 2004, doubling the size of the short term carpark with the addition of 2,500 spaces over six levels, along with 1,200 new spaces added to the 5,000 already available in the long term carpark.